Английская Википедия:HMS Caistor Castle

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HMS Caister Castle was one of 44 Шаблон:Sclass2s built for the Royal Navy during World War II.

Design and description

The Castle-class corvette was a stretched version of the preceding Flower class, enlarged to improve seakeeping and to accommodate modern weapons. The ships displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard load and Шаблон:Convert at deep load. They had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a deep draught of Шаблон:Convert. They were powered by a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines developed a total of Шаблон:Convert and gave a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. The Castles carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. The ships' complement was 99 officers and ratings.[1]

The Castle-class ships were equipped with a single [[QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF Шаблон:Convert Mk XVI gun]] forward, but their primary weapon was their single three-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar. This was backed up by one depth charge rail and two throwers for 15 depth charges. The ships were fitted with two twin and a pair of single mounts for [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Шаблон:Convert Oerlikon]] light AA guns.[2] Provision was made for a further four single mounts if needed. They were equipped with Type 145Q and Type 147B ASDIC sets to detect submarines by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water. A Type 277 search radar and a HF/DF radio direction finder rounded out the Castles' sensor suite.[3]

Construction and career

Caistor Castle was laid down by John Lewis & Sons at their shipyard in Aberdeen on 26 August 1943 and launched on 22 May 1944. She was completed on 29 September and served as a convoy escort until the end of the war in May 1945. After the war, Caistor Castle was in reserve at Devonport from 1947 until 1948.[4] She represented the Reserve Fleet at the 1953 Coronation Review[5] and served in the Second Training Squadron at Portland from February 1953 until 1955.[6] Caistor Castle was then placed in reserve at Devonport before being sold for scrap to Arnott Young in 1956; the ship arrived at Dalmuir in March to be broken up.[7]

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  1. ↑ Lenton, p. 297
  2. ↑ Chesneau, p. 63; Lenton, p. 297
  3. ↑ Goodwin, p. 3
  4. ↑ Goodwin, pp. 120–122
  5. ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
  6. ↑ Goodwin, p. 122
  7. ↑ Lenton, p. 298
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